BIO: Charles G. GILL, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 488.
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  CHARLES G. GILL, postmaster of Madera, Pa., taking charge of the office April 
1, 1911, is superintendent of the Madera Water Works Company and owner and 
proprietor of a blacksmith shop at Madera.  He is one of the enterprising and 
successful men of Bigler township, Clearfield county, and was born at Madera, 
December 2, 1871, and is a son of Josiah and Julia (Vedder) Gill.
  Josiah Gill was born in Clearfield county and for many years operated a 
blacksmith shop at Madera, and was a well known and respected man.  In politics 
he was a Republican.  He married Julia Vedder, who was born in Tioga county, 
Pa., and they had the following children born to them:  Lewis, Charles G., 
Robert, Emma, Harry and Scott, the three survivors being:  Lewis, Charles G. and 
Scott.
  Charles G. Gill attended the public schools of Madera until old enough to 
learn the blacksmith trade, with his father, and this trade he has followed ever 
since.  He has been a very active citizen and has many times been elected to 
township offices.  For ten years he served as a justice of the peace, at present 
is supervisor, had been auditor, and in 1908 was mercantile appraiser for 
Clearfield county.  He was reared in the Presbyterian church but has never 
united with the same, being liberal minded to all religious bodies and a 
contributor to benevolent enterprises of which his judgment approves, no matter 
under what name they are organized.
  In 1897, Mr. Gill was married to Miss Myrtle Johnston, of Huntingdon, Pa., a 
daughter of David and Hannah (Mencer) Johnston, who were born in Blair county.  
They had four children:  Elliott; Myrtle: Lydia, wife of F. J. Shollar; and 
Vance.  Mr. Gill is a Republican in his political views.